Almost three-quarters (72%) of finance executives around the world believe there are material inconsistencies and/or contradictions between the various business valuation standards currently in use globally. This is according to a new study on the importance of business valuation standards to finance executives. The final sample consists of 196 participants from 32 different countries across all continents. One of the conclusions in the study is that ideally one independent standard-setter should issue standards that are applicable and accepted across the world. The study is explained in an article published in Bewertungs Praktiker, which you can access here.

We point out that the article does not mention the detailed comparison that has been made of the global valuation standards that concludes that they do not conflict with each other. There are two interrelated charts, one on the different sets of U.S. business valuation standards and the other on the various international standards.

The study was led by three academics, all of whom are members of the International Valuation Standards Council’s Europe Board: Dr. Marc Broekema, assistant professor at the Department of Business Studies, Leiden Law School of the Leiden University; Dr. Olesya Perepechko, lecturer at the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University; and Professor Klaus Rabel, a professor of business valuation at the University of Graz.